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Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesOFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL STROKE ASSOCIATION
AND THE JAPAN STROKE SOCIETY
Contents
Volume 22, Number 3 April 2013
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
185 Gastroesophageal Reflux during Enteral Feeding in Stroke Patients:
A 24-hour Esophageal pH-monitoring Study
Yukie Satou, Hiroaki Oguro, Yo Murakami, Keiichi Onoda, Shingo Mitaki,
Chizuko Hamada, Ryo Mizuhara, and Shuhei Yamaguchi
190 Tissue Plasminogen Activator Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute
Ischemic Stroke in 4 Hospital Groups in Japan
Syoichiro Kono, Kentaro Deguchi, Nobutoshi Morimoto, Tomoko Kurata,
Shoko Deguchi, Tohru Yamashita, Yoshio Ikeda, Tohru Matsuura,
Hisashi Narai, Nobuhiko Omori, Yasuhiro Manabe, Taijyun Yunoki,
Yoshiki Takao, Sanami Kawata, Kenichi Kashihara, and Koji Abe
197 Usefulness of Dual and Fully Automated Measurements
of Cerebral Blood Flow during Balloon Occlusion Test
of the Internal Carotid Artery
Takeshi Torigai, Mitsuhito Mase, Takayuki Ohno, Hiroyuki Katano,
Yusuke Nisikawa, Keita Sakurai, Shigeru Sasaki, Junko Toyama,
and Kazuo Yamada
205 Demographic, Clinical, and Radiologic Predictors of Neurologic
Deterioration in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
Nobukazu Miyamoto, Yasutaka Tanaka, Yuji Ueno, Miyako Kawamura,
Yoshiaki Shimada, Ryota Tanaka, Nobutaka Hattori, and Takao Urabe
211 Association between Inflammatory Biomarkers and Progression
of Intracranial Large Artery Stenosis after Ischemic Stroke
Kanako Shimizu, Kana Shimomura, Yoshiaki Tokuyama, Kenzo Sakurai,
Kenji Isahaya, Satoshi Takaishi, Bunta Kato, Noriko Usuki,
Takahiro Shimizu, Koji Yamada, and Yasuhiro Hasegawa
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218 Clinical, Anatomic, and Procedural Durability of Carotid
Revascularization
Kevin M. Barrett, Raid G. Ossi, Thomas G. Brott, and James F. Meschia
227 Intravenous Thrombolysis in Thai Patients with Acute Ischemic
Stroke: Role of Aging
Pornpatr A. Dharmasaroja, Sombat Muengtaweepongsa,
and Permphan Dharmasaroja
232 Minimally Invasive Procedures Reduced the Damages to Motor
Function in Patients with Thalamic Hematoma: Observed
by Motor Evoked Potential and Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Guofeng Wu, Likun Wang, Jian Liu, Yuanhong Mao, and Guannan Qin
241 Unwitnessed Stroke: Impact of Different Onset Times on
Eligibility into Stroke Trials
Matthew B. Maas, and Aneesh B. Singhal
244 Determinants of Emergency Medical Services Use in a Brazilian
Population with Acute Ischemic Stroke
Gustavo W. Kuster, Monique Bueno Alves, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto,
and Gisele Sampaio Silva
250 Elevated Admission Blood Pressure and Acute Ischemic Lesions
in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
EthemMurat Arsava, Ozlem Kayim-Yildiz, Kader K. Oguz, Erhan Akpinar,
and Mehmet Akif Topcuoglu
255 Prevalence and Clinical Features of Asymptomatic Peripheral
Artery Disease in Japanese Stroke Patients
Haruhiko Hoshino, Yoshiaki Itoh, Satoshi Yamada, and Norihiro Suzuki
260 Clinical Features and Functional Outcome of Stroke After Transient
Ischemic Attack
Takao Hoshino, Satoko Mizuno, Satoru Shimizu, and Shinichiro Uchiyama
267 Swallowing Analysis for Semisolid Food Texture in Poststroke
Dysphagic Patients
Ryo Momosaki, Masahiro Abo, and Kazushige Kobayashi
CONTENTS
271 Anemia is Associated with Poor Outcomes in Patients
with Less Severe Ischemic Stroke
Jason J. Sico, John Concato, Carolyn K. Wells, Albert C. Lo,
Steven E. Nadeau, Linda S. Williams, Aldo J. Peixoto,
Mark Gorman, John L. Boice, and Dawn M. Bravata
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
279 Geotopographic and Environmental Characteristics of
Communities and the Seasonality of Stroke Occurrences
Tanvir Chowdhury Turin, Adrian V. Specogna, and Nahid Rumana